Archive for the ‘All things vinyl’ Category
PS-F5 Changes Clothes
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
This must’ve taken a while to put together: a shoot of the Sony PS-F5 with a gazillion different records playing…
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How Vinyl is Made
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Tags: manufacture, production, records, vinyl, wax
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Novel Way To Clean Records
Monday, July 6th, 2009
There have been times when I’ve bought records which could do with a really good clean. In future I might use this approach: to spread a thin layer of PVA wood glue over the record with a credit card, let it dry and peel it off. More information at Audio Karma.Via HiFi Tubes.Tags: clean, cleaning, records, vinyl
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Play CDs or DVDs on a record player
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
This wouldn’t work very well on a PS-F5 (due to the linear tracking being set to work with either 17cm or 30cm diameter records), but is interesting none-the-less. Re-purpose those old piles of useless old CDs by cutting grooves in them so they can play on a regular turntable.
No idea how Aleks Kolkowski is cutting them, but check out this video on YouTube of a homemade rig in Italy:
Tags: Aleks Kolkowski, cd, cutter, dvd, lathe, recycling, vinyl
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